A three-level corner tower with octagonal spire, and lancet-arch windows and doors alternating between buttressing, are united in a simple, sturdy design that makes this church one of the city’s most outstanding buildings architecturally. Built between 1879 and 1881, the stuccoed Gothic Revival structure follows the lines of the original wood edifice erected here in 1844, a church where Confederate president Jefferson Davis worshipped during the final days of the Civil War.

The present sanctuary is distinguished by an ark-like ceiling of mellow beaded-board, lighted by a number of stained glass windows attributed to the New York firm of J.&R. Lamb. This is the only church in the area to house two pipe organs—a 1928 Skinner, and an Andover tracker instrument built and installed in celebration of the 1979 centennial of the historic structure. 

During the afternoon, holiday refreshments will be available in the Parish House behind the sanctuary.